The Road to Discovery: Ultimate Personal Development

By Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

A book filled with thought-provoking activities to guide every reader into the part of self-discovery.

Benefits of this book:

How to deal with limiting belief
How to build self-confidence
How to use the wheel of life to break down your personal and professional goals
Understand the importance of using perception position in relating with others
Discover your purpose as you travel through life
Understand emotional intelligence
Thirty days personal journal

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: May 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781491888377

Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw (popularly known as Lady Anita Bradshaw) is the founder of Powerhouse Global Women organisation. She is an accredited life coach, a published author of 5 other personal development books. Lady Anita is the propagator of Powerhouse Global Brand (Powerhouse Global Awards, Powerhouse Global Academy, Powerhouse Global Magazine, Powerhouse Global Network and Powerhouse Global Leadership Conferences). She is a Global change agent with multi awards in her collections. She is also the President of Powerful Women Global Foundation Nigeria. Her charity supports women and children from deprived areas… She is a sort-after Global speaker. As a personal development expert, her daily uplifting practice is to discover new ways of becoming, doing and having more through my work. “I discovered a long time ago that a tree does not make a forest neither does a person make a market. Also, to achieve the forest or the market state we most collaborate with others.”- Anita Duckworth-Bradshaw

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Published by AuthorHouse 05/15/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4918-8836-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4918-8835-3 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4918-8837-7 (e)

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Chapter One—Personal Identification

Chapter Two—Goal setting

Chapter Three—The wheel of life

Chapter Four—Building self-esteem

Chapter Five—Factors that influence self-esteem

Chapter Six—Purpose

Chapter Seven—Stress management

Chapter Eight—The power of the right brain

Chapter Nine—Understanding perceptual positions

Chapter Ten—Emotional intelligence

Chapter Eleven—Limiting Belief

Chapter Twelve—Thirty Day Personal Journal

DEDICATION

My life journey has been made brighter because of the love and mercies of Jehovah God. Thank you for choosing me to write this book.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To my husband and no 1 supporter (George); thank you for your love and encouragement. You always remind me not to give up on my dreams and goals. You have supported me to do, have and become more.

To my precious big sister (Prisca); you always make me feel special and I’m blessed to have you as my family.

To all the powerhouse women across the world; thank you for your friendship and encouragement to keep doing what I’m called to

CHAPTER ONE

We are all on the journey of discovery (personal and professional). However, what we discover is a personal choice. Only those on a journey have the opportunity to discover ways of doing, having and becoming more.

Personal Development Programme (PDP) is designed to open your mind to new possibilities and enable you to make positive changes in your desired areas of life.

Exercise 1.

In the space provided below, write down what is possible in your life right now.

Did you remember when you were a child, when nothing was impossible to achieve especially in your mind? As a child I have often thought of becoming a life transformer. It seemed difficult at that time but with persistence, I am now living